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nlsr i >rk which li is l„ ,-u dons in other stations, e the 
. ill the iliflVreul stations. It ma\ 1><- i 
annual report, butt] aeed uot necessarily f what hit been 
done < s hit in i j a done 1 1. 11] be 
sd over next by the n 1 in that - plan would be this: Pub- 
. popular bulletin when von I tosayeitl srofwoi 
our o - -ult obtained Lon which would be 
applicable to the agriculture of our state. Publiah an annual report tinting briefly 
the fin the station, what work was m progress, and ■ thorough di^. ist of any 
important work which had been completed, li * » i • 1 for I 
seientifio men and for A aoe. We can n<»t la\ down s haul and faai rale 
of what shall be published as popular and what as seientifio; it must be left t<> the 
M of our station ma: 
atlemen of the convention, you have Listened to the opinions of these three men 
selected as types of the classes to which our bulletins are address) d. it seems to me 
eai truth in what they s ;lv . it it is our mission to eonvej information, 11 
must be conveyed in such terms and with Buoh explanations as will make it intel- 
ligible to the average mind. We can m>t afford to overshoot the know ledge of those 
we are trying to benefit. Bo doing, we bring ourselves and our work into contempt 
and fail to secure the hearty cooperation of our constituents. The average i 
does not want the pi f our scientific work. He wants results, and i. 
are all he cares about or looks for. Lists of noxious weeds or useful plants. 
ustitutents of feeding stuffs set forth in chemical terminology 
without explanations, he will have none of, for they do not appeal to his under- 
standing n««r do they increase his bread-winning capacity. And ye1 all these are 
proper, legitimate objects of investigation by the different stations, and the results 
should be communicated to all associated workers. 
I am fast coming to the opinion that there should be two set- of bulletins; tin- 
all scientific garb, setting forth in plain, unvarnished language such 
leertained and addressed to the laity st large, and the other, In 
i edition, addressed only to the scientific worker and putting <>n record the 
by which results ha v< wcured. We do err in not coming 
the mind of the a^ erage man. I shall ne\ er forget the lesson taught me in the earlier 
iin^. J had lectuiei I for tour days upon the Crusades. Ihadthi 
If into my - lily believed that I had done a good tin y my 
astonishment ? ter, happening to meet one of my class, he 
"Ton may think it s - nestion, Professor, sal wkmi it a Cru&adt 
Mr. Bcovell spoke upon station bulletins, indorsing Mr. GoodelPs 
:k that there Blionld be two classes of bulletins ;m<l emphasizing 
the i for using plain and simple language in publieaf 
intended for farm* 
The following paper from the Section on Mechanic Arts was then 
by Mr. Dial 
Whai [ALL Wl I 
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1 in that I 
majority ot these sal 
